This breaks my heart. I've been following his story for a little while now.

This, along with all of the loss in my area due to the tornadoes, has made for one emotional day. Make sure your loved ones know how much they mean to you and live your life to the fullest everyday. Clichè, I know. Forgive me, but a fairly effective way to get a point across I feel.

ďThis life I am living, what I do everyday, I mean itís unreal, Itís every single day I ski, every single day I am out in the mountains with my friends, I love so much, Itís like the righteous day, the fullest day, itís every day man, it is an absolute blessing to be doing what Iím doing and never will I take it for grantedĒ - CRJ

I really enjoyed the video. Although it seemed like maybe Nissan was astro-turfing this a little bit. I don't have a problem with them sponsoring the video if they did or giving him the car, I just think maybe it should have been more forthright about if that were the case.

Also, I wonder how many people like Zach there are out there who don't get quite the exposure that he did. Not that he isn't deserving of it, he seems amazing and was really inspirational, but how many other people are in his same situation and equally amazing and don't get the benefit of documentary made about them. I feel like we need to do a better job identifying and recognizing those people so they receive the same due sympathy.

May 22 2013 5:30AM

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